Johanna Thydell, born 14 November 1980 in Nässjö, Sweden is a Swedish writer. Her 2003 book In the Ceiling the Stars Are Shining was given the Swedish August Prize.^[1]

Born in Nässjö, she grew up in Värnamo. After secondary school, she attended a writer's course, and got in contact with writer Magnus Utvik, who assisted her in becoming a writer.^[2] She was a 2004 Sommar host. She studied at the writer's line course at Fridhems Folk High School in Svalöv and culture-courses focusing at literature and film at the Stockholm University.

• 2003 – In the Ceiling the Stars Are Shining ("I taket lyser stjärnorna")
• 2006 – Det fattas en tärning
• 2010 – Ursäkta att man vill bli lite älskad
• 2012 – There's a Pig in my Class! ("Det är en gris på dagis")
• 2017 - Dumma teckning!

• 2003 – Slangbellan
• 2003 – August Prize for In the Ceiling the Stars Are Shining
• 2003 – BMF Plaque
• 2007 – Partille Bookstore's Writer's Scholarship
• 2012 – BMF Plaque

• Johanna Thydell at Library of Congress, with 1 library catalogue record